Updated 06/02/26
Welcome to our most basic of websites!
We hope it provides you with most of the information you want and all of the information you need.
Almost all of our gigs take place at:
Grayshott Village Hall, Headley Road, Grayshott,
Nr. HINDHEAD, Surrey GU26 6TZ
For further information about our events or for ticket enquiries, either call:
Des O'Byrne on
Home: 01428 607096
Mobile: 07800 951 507
or e-mail:
grayshottfolkclub@btinternet.com
We also sell tickets online, through Ents 24.
Go to: www.ents24.com and search for "Grayshott Folk Club"
and you will find a ticketing link to all of the gigs we are currently selling tickets for.
Established in January 2011, Grayshott Folk Club brings you the finest in Folk, Roots and Acoustic live music events.
We generally host one or two events most months and have a well-appointed and comfortable venue, which has wonderful facilities for both performers and audience alike, as well as having superb acoustics.
We run a fully-licensed Bar, which stocks a range of quality bottled Bitters such as: Hook Norton "Hooky", Long Man Best Bitter and Greene King IPA.
We also stock Red and White Wine, Cider, Lager and a variety of soft drinks.
Perhaps you might prefer Tea or Coffee?
We sell all of these at reasonable prices but remember, we are a CASH ONLY organisation.
We do not have card facilities at our venue.
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Next Up:
Friday 20th February 2026 at 7.30pm
THE AINSLEY HAMILL TRIO
(featuring Sam Kelly and Toby Shaer)
Ainsley Hamill is an acclaimed Scottish Folk singer.
Her latest album "Fable" was shortlisted for Album Of The Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards 2025
and her previous album
"Not Just Ship, Land" was named as The Guardian's Album Of The Month in 2021.
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With a voice that has been compared to a cross between Heather Small (M People) and Julie Fowlis (top Scottish singer), Ainsley's voice is stunning and varied in equal measure. She is a distinctive and versatile singer, known for her remarkable voice, storytelling and emotive style.
Her latest album "Fable" draws inspiration from Scottish folklore and myth. It weaves Gaelic, Scots and original compositions together with rich instrumentation. It was recorded in Glasgow and explores Scotland's legends and landscapes, with each track carrying ancient stories into a contemporary setting.
We look forward to Ainsle showcasing songs from this album at Grayshott.
Ainsley was a BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musivcian of the Year Finalist, a Gaelic Singer of the Year Nominee at the MG Alba Scots Trad Awards and has represented Scotland atthe World Expo in Dubai, World Expo in Osaka and at Eurovision in Gothenburg. These are remakable achievements, given the stiff competition in her native country.
Listen to "Machir Bay" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCDPxFMkwAg&t=4s
She previously played and sang with Barluath.
Ainsley will be accompanied by Sam Kelly and Toby Shaer, both of whom have visited us before; Sam with Jamie Francis and Toby with Honey & The Bear and Heidi Talbot.
Sam is a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He also produced Ainsley's album "Fable".
As well as being a fellow member of Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Toby tours with Cara Dillon and later this year, both Sam and Toby will tour as part of John McCusker's Trio.
Listen to The Ainsley Hamill Trio playing a concert in February 2025 at Leeds University here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5NaFp-peWk&list=RDS5NaFp-peWk&start_radio=1&t=101s
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Future gigs
Friday 6th March 2026 at 7.30pm
KATHRYN ROBERTS and SEAN LAKEMAN
Saturday 28th March 2026 at 7.30pm
THE CHURCHFITTERS
Tuesday 14th April 2026 at 7.30pm
WAYWARD JANE
Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at 7.30pm
KRIS DREVER
Saturday 2nd May
EABHAL
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PAST GIGS AT GRAYSHOTT FOLK CLUB
September 2021-December 2025
2021/2022 Season
Sunday 5th September 2021
SERIOUS CHILD WITH ANDY RUDDY
+ KIRSTY MCGEE
Saturday 30th October 2021
INDIA ELECTRIC CO.
Saturday 6th November 2021
THE TANNAHILL WEAVERS
Friday 12th November 2021
COIG (on tour from Canada)
+ COPPER VIPER
Friday 28th January 2022
NIALL MCNAMEE & BAND
Saturday 19th March 2022
THE TRIALS OF CATO
Friday 22nd April 2022
CUA (on tour from Ireland)
+ ANTOINE & OWENA
Friday 14th May 2022
HONEY & THE BEAR
with FRIENDS (Toby Shaer & Evan Carsons)
Friday 15th July 2022
BOB FOX
Saturday 6th August 2022
THE OCELOTS
2022/2023 Season
Saturday September 2022
KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN
Saturday 15th October 2022
BLACKBEARD'S TEA PARTY
Friday 4th November 2022
STEVE WICKHAM & RAY COEN (on tour from Ireland)
+ Rebecca Jayne
Saturday December 3rd 2022
INDIA ELECTRIC CO.
Friday 16th December 2022
ST. AGNES' FOUNTAIN
SOLD OUT
Saturday 28th January 2023
BARN DANCE/CEILIDH WITH: THE HOG'S BACK BAND
Saturday 11th February 2023
KITEWING
(Alden & Patterson with The Shackleton Trio)
Saturday 24th March 2023
THE HONEYBEES
(Odette Michell, Amy Goddard, Zoe Wren)
Saturday 22nd April 2023
THE OCELOTS
(Ashley & Brandon Watson)
+ Hannah Scott
Friday 26th May 2023
JOHN BLEK (on tour from Ireland)
Saturday 5th August 2023
MERRY HELL
+ Virginia Kettle
SOLD OUT
2023/2024 Season
Saturday 23rd September 2023
SILVERBLUES
(Ray Jackson-Lindisfarne, Ric Sanders-Fairport Convention,
Tom Leary-Feast of Fiddles, Vo Fletcher-The Ric Sanders Trio)
SOLD OUT
Saturday 14th October 2023
JAMES YORKSTON with NINA PERSSON (The Cardigans)
SOLD OUT
Saturday 11th November 2023
HONEY & THE BEAR
+ Friends (Archie Churchill-Moss, Evan Carsons)
Thursday 30th November 2023
POLICE DOG HOGAN
SOLD OUT
Wednesday 20th December 2023
JOHNNY COPPIN, DIK CADBURY, PAUL BURGESS
with: "ALL ON A WINTER'S NIGHT"
Saturday 27th January 2024
SIMON MAYOR with HILARY JAMES & Friends
SOLD OUT
Saturday 24th February 2024
ADAM BEATTIE with FIONA BEVAN & Friends
Friday 22nd March 2024
SAM KELLY with JAMIE FRANCIS
Monday 22nd April 2024
THE LEISURE SOCIETY
Friday 10th May 2024
STEVE WICKHAM & RAY COEN (on tour from Ireland)
SOLD OUT
Friday 31st May 2024
MERRY HELL
SOLD OUT
Friday 28th June 2024
HARP & a MONKEY
Saturday 20th July 2024
RUM RAGGED (on tour from Newfoundland, Canada)
2024/2025 Season
Friday 27th September 2024
THE HENRY GIRLS (on tour from Ireland)
SOLD OUT
Saturday 19th October 2024
RACHAEL McSHANE & The Cartographers
Friday 29th November 2024
BELLA HARDY (with Jenn Butterworth)
Friday 13th December 2024
Grayshott Folk Club's "Christmas Special"
with MELROSE QUARTET
Saturday 18th January 2025
SHOWMAN & COOLE + RUBE & RAKE (on tour from Canada)
Saturday 8th February 2025
THE TANNAHILL WEAVERS
+ Ed Blunt
Saturday 1st March 2025
POLLY PAULUSMA with Jon Thorne
Tuesday 11th March 2025
KRIS DREVER & CHRIS STOUT
At Churt Village Hall
Saturday 29th March 2025
STEVE KNIGHTLEY
SOLD OUT
Saturday 3rd May 2025
HONEY & THE BEAR + Friends
(with Toby Shaer, Archie Churchill-Moss, Evan Carson)
Wednesday 4th June 2025
ADAM BEATTIE with FIONA BEVAN
Friday 1st August 2025
MERRY HELL
SOLD OUT
Saturday 2nd August 2025
STEVE WICKHAM (ex-The Waterboys) with RAY COEN
2025/2026 Season
Saturday 20th September 2025
BOB FOX
Saturday 4th October 2025
TOBIAS ben JACOB with CHRIS CLEVERLEY
(and Kathy Pilkington)
Saturday 18th October 2025
HEIDI TALBOT (with Toby Shaer and Innes White)
Thursday 13th November 2025
GATEHOUSE (on tour from Ireland)
Saturday 29th November 2025
JANICE BURNS & JON DORAN
Saturday 13th December
Grayshott Folk Club's "Christmas Special" with:
THE FURROW COLLECTIVE
Wednesday 21st January 2026
RUM RAGGED (on tour from Newfoundland, Canada)
--------------------------------------------Please note: our e-mail address is:
grayshottfolkclub@btinternet.com
Or you can call us on:
01428 607096
or
07800 951 507
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A little bit of Grayshott Folk Club history:
Grayshott Folk Club went live with our first ever gig on
22nd January 2011. The main aim of Grayshott Folk Club is to bring "quality live music at affordable prices " to Grayshott, which is a village near HINDHEAD in South-West Surrey but Grayshott Village Hall itself, is actually situated just inside the Hampshire border by about 50 yards and is officially the biggest village hall in the whole of Hampshire.
We mostly host Folk bands/musicians and our past guests have included;
Acoustic Strawbs, Altan,
Ashley Hutchings/Blair Dunlop/Becky Mills, Belshazzar's Feast, Bob Fox, Breabach, Coig, Honey & The Bear,
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies, Jon Wilks,
Katherine Priddy, Kris Drever + Chris Stout, Lau, Melrose Quartet, Merry Hell, O'Hooley & Tidow,
The Ric Sanders Trio
Sam Carter/Sam Sweeney, Sam Kelly/Jamie Francis,
St. Agnes' Fountain,
SilverBlues
(Ric Sanders, Ray Jackson, Vo Fletcher and Tom Leary),
Steve Knightley, Steve Wickham (ex-The Waterboys) & Ray Coen,
Tannahill Weavers,The Bully Wee Band, The Churchfitters,
The Furrow Collective, The Henry Girls, The Young 'Uns and
Tide Lines,
amongst many others.
We occasionally stray off-piste with a little bit of live Americana/Pop/Rock/Prog Rock music and
Caravan, Colin Blunstone & Band, James Yorkston/Nina Persson, Jarrod Dickenson, Joe Topping & Scott Poley, Linda Lewis,
Mike d'Abo, Police Dog Hogan,
The Christians and The Leisure Society
have all played for us since we started out.
From time to time, we host touring musicians from Canada and these have included:
Cara Luft, Coig, Fish & Bird, Red Moon Road, Rum Ragged and Showman & Coole, all of whom have been outstanding musicians and entertainers.
Visiting musicians from the U.S.A. have included:
Betty & The Boy,The Way Down Wanderers and Underhill Rose.
Basically, we do whatever we can, to keep it live, keep it local and to keep hungry musicians off our streets......
Our first choice venue is:
Grayshott Village Hall,
Headley Road,
Grayshott,
Nr. HINDHEAD,
Surrey GU26 6TZ
but from time to time, we also use
St. Alban's Church, Tilford Road,
HINDHEAD, Surrey GU26 6RB
and
Churt Village Hall, Crossways, Churt Nr. Farnham,
Surrey GU10 2JA
as venues to host our live music events.
If you wish to buy tickets for our gigs, you can buy them in person from:
Grayshott Post Office, Crossways Road, Grayshott GU26 6HJ
Alternatively, you can call Des O'Byrne on 01428 607096
or e-mail me at: grayshottfolkclub@btinternet.com
for all enquiries relating to Grayshott Folk Club.
We also sell our tickets online through ENTS 24 but please be advised there is a 10% surcharge for using this service.
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